Canal to the highest point

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Boarshaw Lane, Stanycliffe, Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, M24 2PA, United Kingdom

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Climb Profile

Altitude builds left to right while colour shows gradient severity for each part of Canal to the highest point.

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance5.21 km / 3.24 miles
Elevation gain105.4 m / 346 ft
Average gradient2%
Maximum gradient8.2%
Elevation high220.2 m / 722 ft
Elevation low114.8 m / 377 ft
Climb difficulty score10,521.57

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 535,945th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 39,078th most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom.

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Places 27,409th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England.

Ranks 685th out of 5,065 cycling climbs in Greater Manchester.

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A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 92 climbs) in Middleton.

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